Wrapping or packaging device



July 26, 1938. J MEYER 2,125,246

WRAPPING OR PACKAGING DEVICE Filed April 22, 1935 Patented July 26, 1938 UNETED STATES PATENT or ies WRAPPING OR PACKAGING DEVICE Application April 22, 1935, Serial No. 17,642

6 Claims.

This invention relates to a wrapping or packaging device primarily for edibles of the type wherein the edible is equipped with a handle of loop-like configuration which is usually, but not necessarily, non-rigid. That class of edibles includes candies, frozen ices, ice creams, and other edibles which are or may be so equipped with handles.

An object of the invention is the provision of a novel packaging device or wrapper for such edibles.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a simply constructed yet effective device for packaging or wrapping a plurality of solidified edibles for sale and display as a unit, and which is readily operable for unpacking to facilitate the sale of the edibles one at a time.

A further object of the invention is the provision of such a packaging device or wrapper which facilitates releasably binding together a plurality of edibles, which will hold them together in shipping units or sub-units sufficiently securely as to protect the individual edibles, and which does not interfere with the characteristics of the edibles adapting them for display purposes but which in fact improves the display characteristics thereof.

Other objects of the invention include the provision of the combinations and arrangements of elements hereinafter disclosed and claimed, as illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings wherein the reference numerals respectively refer to the same elements throughout the several views,

and in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of a group of edibles embraced by a packaging device or wrapper embodying the features of the invention;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the packaging device or wrapper of the invention in a stage of its development; and

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the novel packaging device or wrapper alone.

Illustrative of the invention, a plurality of edibles or suckers ll, each including an edible portion of, for example, candy that may be enclosed by a wrapper l2, and a handle portion l3 5 are bound together by a novel packinging device or wrapper I4, as shown in Figure 1. The handle portion l3 of each sucker preferably is non-rigid and includes adjacently arranged portions [5 extending into the candy and an intermediate portion l6 connecting the portions [5 and forming a loop-like configuration.

The novel wrapper I4 is constructed of cardboard, paper, or other suitable packaging material, and has a base or supporting portion ll of sufiicient length to span the thickness of an edible portion or the combined thicknesses of the edible portions of the suckers II. This base portion I1 is connected at each end to side or display portions l8 and I9. If desired, the portions l8 and I9 may be integral with the portion I1, and the 5 side portions may be provided by folding the integral strip along fold lines 2| and 22.

The side portion l8 has a length greater than the length of the wrapped candy, and at the end opposite the fold line 2! it is provided with a tab 10 22 having a slot 23 extending longitudinally of the side portion I8 and a transverse slot 24 connecting with and extending across the end of the slot 23. Likewise, the side portion I9 is of greater length than the length of the wrapped candy, and at its 15 end opposite the fold line 22 it is connected with an aligning member 25 by a hinge portion 26.

The member 25 has at its free end an attaching enlargement or head 2'! providing a shoulder or abutment 28 and receivable in the vertical slot 23. 20 When the head 21 is inserted in the slot 23 the shoulder 28 is adapted to engage the tab 2?. above the slot 24 for releasably holding the packaging device closed. It is preferred to make the aligning member and hinge portion from a reduced portion 29 integral with the side portion l9.

To that end the reduced portion 29 is provided with a generally rectangular aperture 3| which terminates short of the free end of the portion 29 in substantially a straight edge 3i! and at its other 30 end has an arcuate portion 32. The aperture 3|, with the arcuate portion 32 thereof, cooperates with a fold line 33 extending from the free end of the reduced portion 29 longitudinally thereof to the straight edge 30, with transverse fold lines 34 in the reduced portion 29 at opposite sides of the aperture 3| near the arcuate portion 32, and with angularly disposed fold lines 35 diverging from the arcuate end 32 of the aperture 3! toward the respective edges of the side portion l9, whereby to permit folding the reduced portion 29 along its longitudinal center line and to render it swingable about the hinge provided by the fold lines 34 and 35 to and from a position substantially at right angles to the face of the side portion l9.

It will be seen that when the reduced portion 29 is so folded, the fold line 33 and the straight. edge 38 define the latching shoulder or abutment 28, and the fold lines 34 and 35 produce the hinge portion 26, which, by virtue of the folds and the resiliency of the material from which the novel packaging device or wrapper is made, will tend to urge the alignment member 25 up toward the upper end of the vertical slot 23, where the shoulder 28 will engage behind the tab 22 above the transverse slot 24 for holding the packaging device or Wrapper closed.

In use, a sucker or suclgers II are placed with the ends or the edibles Opposite the handles l3 against the base portion 11, and the side portions the edible or edibles. aging device or Wrapper are held in that relative position While the aligning member 25 is inserted through the loop handle or loop handles 13 and is drawn; down about the hinge portion 26 to a position between the adjacent portions 15. The head 2'! is then, inserted into the longitudinal slot 23 until the shoulder 28 is at the outside surface of the side portion l 8, and thevaligning member 25 is: moved upward about the hinge portion 1' 526 until the shoulder 28,'engaging the outer sur- 7 face of the tab 22 above the-transverseeslot 24,

secures the packaging device or wrapper about the edible or edibles. The resilient character of the hinge portion .26 wili-tenditc hold the aligning memberiii inithe last described position.

Thus .the packaging device or wrapper not only provides valuable advertising space on the side portions 18 and I9 but .alsoprOVides auniftary package foredibles with loop handles, which package is self-supportingion the base portion l9 and which does not interfere with the displaycharacteristics of the loop handles.

While I have illustrated and described a pre= ferred embodiment of .my invention, many modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, and-I do not wish to be limited to the precise details set forth but desire to avail myself of .all changes within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A wrapper for edibles with handies, comprising a wrapper strip of a length sufficient to extend about four sides of an edible, said strip including coasting fastening means at opposite ends thereof for releasably securing it in wrapping position, and means intermediate the ends of said strip for urging-a fastening means toward securing relationship with the other said fastening means comprising -'a hinge having an angularly disposed fold with-respect to a transverse line across the wrapper andia transverse fold.

2. A wrapper for edibles with handles, comprisinga pair of spaced side portions, another portion connecting corresponding-ends of said side portions, a said side portion having an elongated aperture therein at the end "thereof opposite said other p rtion, and a connecting portion connected at one end to the end of the other said side portion opposite the second said portion, said connecting portion being folded upon itself to provide a stiffened fastening meml8 and I? are folded up along the outer faces of g; ber of a Width less than the length of said elon The suckers and pack gated aperture removably receivable in said aperture for releasably securing said connecting portion in connecting relationship between said side portions;

3 A wrapper for edibles having loop handles,

comprising a base portion, side portions, releasable rneans connecting said side portions at the ends epposite the base portion, and means on one side portion for urging said releasable connecting meanstoward continued locking engagement with saidother side portien, said connecting means extending .through the loopportions of said handles to hold ethe edible in interlocking engagement with the side and base portions of the wrapper.

4. A wrapper for a handle carryingedible comprising a pair of spaced side portionsconnected at corresponding ends to a base portion, anelongated aperture in the end of oneside portion opposite the base portion and ooacting fastening means connected to one side portion .and extending to the elongated aperture in .the other side portion for releasable locking engagement therewith, said coacting fastening means extending through the loop handle of the edible for interlockably holding the edible in the wrapper-en four sides thereof.

5. A packaging device for edibles comprising a strip adaptedito be wrapped around one or more of the edibles, one .end of said strip being provided with alatchreceiving and engaging recess and the other end with a .portion folded along a longitudinai line upon itself to provide a stiffened latch member for engagement with said recess.

6, A packaging device for edibles comprising a strip adapted to be wrapped aroundone or more of the edibles, one end of said strip being provided with a-latch receiving and engaging recess and the other end withia portion foldedalong a longitudinal line upon itself to. provide a stiffened latch member for engagement with said recess, and a resiliency imparting fold at the junction of the rear of the latchmemberand the adjacent portion of the strip which urges said stiffened 

